greent - cafalo pty ltd - forming part of the Townsville Solar Cities

Corporate sustainability goes beyond buildings, transport, energy and finance and involves supporting the wider community and local environments

Cafalo Pty Ltd is proud to have supported the recently held Ecotourism Australia International Ecotourism Conference 2006 in Townsville..

This conference brought together for the first time from around the world a number of Ecotourism Societies and community delegates.

Cafalo sponsored a delegate from the Sao Paulo Forest Institute in Brazil to come to Australia and work with youth of Townsville as part of the Ecotourism Conference.

The community delegate was able to support and present at the Urban Nature: Youth Ecotourism Forum involving Townsville senior school students and student mentors from James Cook University.

The community delegate also assisted in the successful international video conference between students of Townsville and youth of São Paulo held at Reef HQ, and presented at a landcare community event.

Vanessa Silveira, from the São Paulo Forest Institute, was supported by Cafalo Pty Ltd and hosted by Elizabeth Booth from Annandale. She participated in our Urban Nature- Youth Ecotourism Forum, sharing her experience with young people from Sao Paulo’s favelas who found eco-jobs and helped organise a videoconference link with these students on Wednesday 1 November.

Vanessa also participated on a Community presentation organised by Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare on Friday 3 November where she talked about São Paulo green Belt Biosphere Reserve Projects, including environmental conservation around Sao Paulo and youth program with strong social concerns.

Factsheet (112kb .pdf)

Link: Community Delegates